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Aging Out: An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old his shoes change from whiteA profoundly personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America "Schiller unpacks a complicated subject with curiosity and empathy[A] deeply human portrayal of what it means to get older in a society unprepared to care for its most vulnerable." Publishers Weekly Unlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has long been one of casual avoidance and neglect.